Elizabeth, New Jersey

• NAI Hanson Completes 30,120-SF Industrial Lease Transaction in Linden, N.J.
  

  NAI James E. Hanson, a leading New Jersey-based commercial real estate firm, is pleased to announce the completion of a 30,120-square-foot industrial lease transaction at 340 Stiles St.

• College of Saint Elizabeth Opens Fourth Season of Exhibitions With a Look at Robes as Art
  

  College of Saint Elizabeth Opens Fourth Season of Exhibitions With a Look at Robes as Art By College of Saint Elizabeth 9/3/2010 The Therese A. Maloney Art Gallery at the College of Saint Elizabeth begins its fourth year of exhibitions with Robes, which reveals how artists use cloaks, robes, enveloping dresses and costumes to investigate the ...

• Culinary Chef Opens Gourmet Cheese Shop
  

  One culinary chef is bringing the world to downtown Cranford a ' in the form of cheese.

• Senior Smiles
  

  There is plenty to smile about at the Leonard Szerlip Dental Center at Morristown Memorial Hospital .

• Hillside man's extradition from Pa. is pending in slaying of wife in Elizabeth
  

  ELIZABETH -- As detectives conducted interviews in New Jersey and Philadelphia, Union County prosecutor's officials said Wednesday that the children of a mother gunned down in Elizabeth on Monday are safe.

• Union County Sheriff's Youth Academy Class Graduates; Officers from Berkeley Heights, Elizabeth and Hillside Joined County Instructors
  

  Union County Sheriff's Youth Academy Class Graduates; Officers from Berkeley Heights, Elizabeth and Hillside Joined County Instructors By County of Union 9/2/2010 The Union County Sheriff's Youth Academy graduated its third class recently after two fun-filled weeks learning about law enforcement up close.

• Fall planting, spring blooming
  

  As Labor Day approaches, and the nights tend to be cooler, the flower-bulb season arrives.

• Eggs: The raw truth
  

  Pasteurize your yolks at home to enjoy some old family favorites again. How long has it been since you've whipped up a batch of homemade mayonnaise? Tasted unbaked cookie dough? Indulged in a genuine Caesar salad? The threat of salmonella bacteria in raw eggs has changed the eating habits of many of us.

• Group re-launches to inspire job networking blitz
  

  Carol Einhorn, left, and Sheri Brown are relaunching their workshop series to help people deal with career transitions and find new jobs.

• Linden Police Blotter
  

  Aug. 27 at 11:04 p.m. a ' After making stopping a car for going through a stop sign at Middlesex Street and Charles Street, Officer Matt Jones arrested Elizabeth resident Harry Robinson, 22, and charged him with possession of ecstasy, possession of marijuana under 50 grams, failure to wear a seat belt, and a Roselle contempt warrant.

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  Hundreds of welfare recipients around the state got jobs this year thanks to federal money that paid their wages to work for private companies as well as public agencies like the Borough of Roselle and housing authorities in Elizabeth, Plainfield and Irvington.

• Clark Police Blotter: Aug. 23-26
  

  Aug. 23 at 7:52 p.m. a ' In the vicinity of Lake Avenue, Officer Joseph Teston arrested Colonia resident Michael McGuirl, 28, Gillette resident Stacy Reidinger, 28, and Winfield resident Andrew Sojka, 30, on charges of possessing a controlled substance.

• Comments
  

  John Trontis oversees Hunterdon County's parks, but he's about to take on a lot more.

• Union County man suspected of killing wife arrested in Philadelphia
  

  A Union County man suspected of killing his wife outside a woman's shelter Monday night was arrested early Tuesday morning and charged with murder, the Union County Prosecutor's Office has announced.

• NJ Man Accused Of Gunning Down Wife
  

  ELIZABETH, N.J. ( - Authorities say a New Jersey man gunned down his wife and fled to Philadelphia.

• Family, friends honor N.J. soldier killed in Afghanistan
  

  The funeral of Army Specialist Pedro Antonio Millet IV, 20, of Elizabeth. He died on Sunday, Aug.

• Elizabeth A. Haradem
  

  Flu seasons are unpredictable -- it is difficult to predict when people will begin to get sick and how long the illness will last.

• Ewing immigrant given rare reprieve to spend 90 days with family before returning to Guatemala
  

  An illegal alien who faced being separated from his family here via deportation proceedings has been given a rare 90-day release from incarceration prior to his removal from this country, said his attorney and a federal spokesman.

• Unidentified woman killed in Elizabeth shooting
  

  ELIZABETH &mdash An unidentified woman was shot and killed outside a women's shelter in Elizabeth tonight, authorities said.

City Description

Elizabeth is a city in Union County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 120,568, making it New Jersey's fourth largest city (by population). The population of Elizabeth was 125,285 as of the Census Bureau's 2009 estimate. It is the county seat of Union County. In 2008, Elizabeth was named one of "America's 50 Greenest Cities" by Popular Science magazine, the only city in New Jersey selected. Elizabeth was founded in 1665 by English settlers and was named for the wife of Sir George Carteret, not Queen Elizabeth I as many people assume. Originally called "Elizabethtown," and part of the Elizabethtown Tract. It was also the first capital of New Jersey. During the American Revolutionary War, Elizabeth was constantly attacked by British forces based in Manhattan and Staten Island. On March 13, 1855, the City of Elizabeth was created by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature, combining and replacing both Elizabeth Borough (which dated back to 1740) and Elizabeth Township (which had been formed in 1693), based on the results of a referendum held on March 27, 1855. On March 19, 1857, the city became part of the newly-created Union County.

City Contained By:

• Union County
• New Jersey

City Contains:

• Keighry Head
• Bayway
• Westminster
• North Elizabeth
• Frog Hollow
• Peterstown
• Elmora
• Elizabethport
• Boxwood Hall
• Liberty Hall
• Elizabeth Station
• Belcher-Ogden House
• Evergreen Cemetery, Hillside
• Drake College of Business
• Yeshivas Be'er Yitzchok

Timezones:

• North American Eastern Time Zone

Size:

• 35.4828371116 km squared

Adjoining Cities:

• Staten Island

Neighborhoods:

• Keighry Head
• Bayway
• Westminster
• North Elizabeth
• Frog Hollow
• Peterstown
• Elmora
• Elizabethport

City Featured in Films:

• The Wrestler

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